Madness

Madness

By Mary De Young

Subjects: Mental illness, treatment, Mental disorders, Therapy, Mental illness, Treatment, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatric hospitals, History, Mental Disorders

Description: "This book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors are labeled mad; why they are labeled mad in one historical period and not another; why the label of mad is applied to some types of people; and by whom the label and its consequences are applied"--Provided by publisher.

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